Laksmipur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Laksmipur in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LaksmipurFar-Western (Region)Nepal (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Laksmipur plotted against Far-Western and Nepal. The SNDi of new construction in Laksmipur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Far-Western which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nepal which rose steadily. Most recently, Laksmipur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.16 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Laksmipur ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Far-Western and 2nd out of 22 in Nepal as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Nepal
6th of 22
Rank in Far-Western
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Nepal
2nd of 22
Rank in Far-Western
2nd of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LaksmipurDhupguriMianwali

In new street additions, Laksmipur and Dhupguri both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Mianwali built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.